paying off
Finally showing results
Paying off describes the conclusion of a debt or obligation through final payment: We're finally paying off the mortgage.
It also means yielding returns on an investment of effort or money: All that practice is paying off.
To pay someone off can mean bribing them or settling accounts to end an arrangement: They paid off the inspector to look the other way.
- debtMoney owed another
- student loansBorrowed funds for tuition
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- credit card debtMoney owed on plastic
- duesRegular membership payments
redemption · fulfillment · hard work · long game · in the end · credit card · mortgage · obligation · amortization · settlement · liquidation · kickback · discharge · vindication · clearance · bribery · dirty money · hush money
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
paying offbackfiring
Producing opposite results
failing · falling flat · blowing up in one's face · going nowhere · squandering
paying offdefaulting
Failing to repay debt
borrowing · incurring · accruing · owing · maxing out